papamurf812
Well-Known Member
Not gonna lie, I'm jealous of your resourcefulness with all this stuff.
6 Star Wars Costumes in 3 Weeks w/ No Budget!
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tavrikgannon
Member
I am impressed, as well. Very inventive for the time and money constraints that you had. Good work, my friend! :thumbsup
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Contec
Master Member
The finished result on the night (not 100% screen accurate, but recognizable):
Hey look everyone!!, its Gandalf!!!!......:lol
Very impressive on your skills :thumbsup
To be honest, when I was making that cloak, I thought I could change the clasp out with the leaf clasp and have a perfect Fellowship cloak...
Now, on to Boba Fett:
So, I had the helmet, a Mystery Helmet being finished by marsattack for me:
As I said before, I thought... "How hard can it be to put together the rest". :wacko
I started working out this outfit inside-to-out, from top to bottom. So first, the jumpsuit... I found this great set of overalls at one of my favorite second hand shops for about $8:
I unpicked the reflective bands and extra pockets (I left the thigh pocket just incase I didn't have time to add accurate ones). The result was this:
The next thing I thought I could do was the leather pouch belt. I had plenty of spare brown leather sitting around and I decided I wanted to make the pouches functional. So, first I made a bunch of cardboard boxes:
Then I began covering them in leather. To save time, I made a template, and simply glued-and-stapled the pieces to the side of the boxes:
Then I cut long leather pieces, added the white stitching and sewed velcro pieces to them. Again, I glued-and-stapled these to my cardboard boxes:
I slid these onto my quickly-made leather "belt" (which was just another long strip of leather with the white stitching added). The end result:
I found a cheap 80s style light grey windbreaker at another shop for about $3:
I put it on backwards, trimmed the neck, cut off the sleeves and added stitching to the new short sleeves:
There was some extra decorative stitching on this jacket. Instead of worrying about unpicking it all, I just lined up the stitching on the sleeve to make it look like it was meant to be there. Inaccurate, but I think it fits well enough:
More to come...
Kind regards,
Magnoli
I had some chest armor coming from marsattack, but the rest I had to sort out myself. Luckily, after putting some feelers out here in the Junkyard, I managed to get a set of shoulder bells, collar and cod piece. I painted the shoulder bell design by hand:
Next up, for the girth belt, I bought some cheap "red" rope for $1:
After sewing them together, it looked really pink, so I darked it with some green and black spray paint. I added some webbing straps I had and added two roller buckles that use on my gas mask bag straps:
I was getting closer...
Kind regards,
Magnoli
Next up, for the girth belt, I bought some cheap "red" rope for $1:
After sewing them together, it looked really pink, so I darked it with some green and black spray paint. I added some webbing straps I had and added two roller buckles that use on my gas mask bag straps:
I was getting closer...
Kind regards,
Magnoli
Sixxgunn13
Sr Member
LOL... Your Fett is looking "ok" though TDH members may be cringing :eek
Will it be ESB, ROTJ, SE.....
If you still have extra material from the jacket, you need to still make the ribbed neck.
And here is a 360 view of my ESB Fett for your Ref.
Hope it helps... keep it coming.
Will it be ESB, ROTJ, SE.....
If you still have extra material from the jacket, you need to still make the ribbed neck.
And here is a 360 view of my ESB Fett for your Ref.
Hope it helps... keep it coming.
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cayman shen
Master Member
Sixxgunn13, that's one of the nicer Fetts I've seen...really sweet.
Indy Magnoli, your creativity is wowing me. The cardboard box thing is slick. I figured you'd be reduced to foamies on the armor, but you're as good at trading/scavenging as you are at making the costumes!
Indy Magnoli, your creativity is wowing me. The cardboard box thing is slick. I figured you'd be reduced to foamies on the armor, but you're as good at trading/scavenging as you are at making the costumes!
DISCLAIMER: All of these costumes were made for virtually no hard cash, within three weeks time and were meant to be instantly recognizable while still maintaining my natural desire for accuracy. Corners had to be cut, I'm afraid... :cry
Let's see, thanks to the generosity of CTF, I was able to get some simply plastic knee pieces. I added a couple of blocks of wood to each side, some greeblies I had in my garage, including the tip of a pen:
Sixxgunn13, don't worry... I converted the cut-off sleeves into the neck seal.
I found a head-band at a local $2 shop with a brown hair plait/braid... but they only had one. So, I braided some yarn, for another scalp, but it looked a bit cheesy.
I had decided early on to do the ESB Fett, but realized that some of the nitpicking wasn't going to do for this budget version. So, I decided to go for an Empire of the Jedi Edition version. For the cape, I had a nice dark khaki piece of cotton denim I used to use for one version of my Raiders sandbags. It looks like a nice "half-way" color between the ESB tan and ROTJ green.
I bought a pair of second-hand school uniform shorts for $2 that I converted into the short sleeves of the jumpsuit. I also found a pair of two-tone work gloves from the hardware store that were the same light/dark grey combo as my outfit. The main downside to the gloves was that they had writing on the backs of the hands. I was hoping that, when worn, the sleeves of the jumpsuit and gauntlets would help obscure this...
So far I had this:
Kind regards,
Magnoli
Let's see, thanks to the generosity of CTF, I was able to get some simply plastic knee pieces. I added a couple of blocks of wood to each side, some greeblies I had in my garage, including the tip of a pen:
Sixxgunn13, don't worry... I converted the cut-off sleeves into the neck seal.
I found a head-band at a local $2 shop with a brown hair plait/braid... but they only had one. So, I braided some yarn, for another scalp, but it looked a bit cheesy.
I had decided early on to do the ESB Fett, but realized that some of the nitpicking wasn't going to do for this budget version. So, I decided to go for an Empire of the Jedi Edition version. For the cape, I had a nice dark khaki piece of cotton denim I used to use for one version of my Raiders sandbags. It looks like a nice "half-way" color between the ESB tan and ROTJ green.
I bought a pair of second-hand school uniform shorts for $2 that I converted into the short sleeves of the jumpsuit. I also found a pair of two-tone work gloves from the hardware store that were the same light/dark grey combo as my outfit. The main downside to the gloves was that they had writing on the backs of the hands. I was hoping that, when worn, the sleeves of the jumpsuit and gauntlets would help obscure this...
So far I had this:
Kind regards,
Magnoli
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WARNING: Boba Fett purists may not want to read some of the following posts as they contain several accounts of deliberately allowed inaccuracies! :eek
For the next step, marsattack finished some chest armor for me and I was able to find some more hair braids. (I attached the armor to my windbreaker-vest using snaps.) He also kindly sent me some shin pieces, so I added some shin pockets made from the chest pockets I previously removed:
Yes, I know the shoulder bells are reversed, but I didn't want the cape obscuring my beautifully hand-painted design. :lol You can also see some of the harness I made from one of my kids old backpacks and some more webbing I had laying around.
Kind regards,
Magnoli
For the next step, marsattack finished some chest armor for me and I was able to find some more hair braids. (I attached the armor to my windbreaker-vest using snaps.) He also kindly sent me some shin pieces, so I added some shin pockets made from the chest pockets I previously removed:
Yes, I know the shoulder bells are reversed, but I didn't want the cape obscuring my beautifully hand-painted design. :lol You can also see some of the harness I made from one of my kids old backpacks and some more webbing I had laying around.
Kind regards,
Magnoli
wildabeast
Sr Member
Looking really great for no budget, definitely recognizable and better than alot of the "accurate" Fetts you see out there.....
Next up... the gauntlets. As I mentioned above, I was planning on doing the ESB Fett mostly, so I bought all my paints accordingly. I received some raw fiberglass gauntlets from the UK and didn't realize they were ROTJ style until I was ready to prep them. Also ran out of time to do all the greeblies, but here are my mish-mosh quick-and-cheap gauntlets:
The hose is a clear plastic hose I had that I quickly sprayed some silver paint into...
Kind regards,
Magnoli
The hose is a clear plastic hose I had that I quickly sprayed some silver paint into...
Kind regards,
Magnoli
I was almost out of time and wasn't planning on doing a proper Fett blaster since I couldn't find any cheap guns that I could build from that didn't look very wrong to begin with.
Now, a few of my friends heard about what I was up to and asked what kind of gun Fett carried. After describing it, one donated an old .45 Magnum style airgun and another gave me a plastic scope with a working laser on it. The scope wasn't the right size, but I couldn't resist the idea of the laser being on the top of the gun.
So... what do I do about the stock??? Luckily, RPFer Blaxmyth was over at my place helping me out with the back armor piece (more on that later) and he suggested plywood. To which I replied, "you want to try?" :angel A few days layer, there was a great stock sitting on my back step.
I had an steel pipe from an old vacuum cleaner in my garage, which meant I now had the following to work with:
I couldn't find the right sized tube anywhere in my garage for the main barrel... then one of my friends suggested an empty caulking tube. Perfect!. I used some PVC piping to cover the old cylinder, a couple of hose clamps to attach the scope, a bunch of hot glue, spray paint and Voila!
I modified the leather strap from a vintage camera I had... perfect sling. I couldn't find any suitable greeblies for the stock, but something fell out of the airgun when I was working with it, so I glued it to the new cylinder:
Not perfect, but a heckuva lot better than the Hasbro Droid Blaster I was thinking of giving to Fett originally! :$
Kind regards,
Magnoli
Now, a few of my friends heard about what I was up to and asked what kind of gun Fett carried. After describing it, one donated an old .45 Magnum style airgun and another gave me a plastic scope with a working laser on it. The scope wasn't the right size, but I couldn't resist the idea of the laser being on the top of the gun.
So... what do I do about the stock??? Luckily, RPFer Blaxmyth was over at my place helping me out with the back armor piece (more on that later) and he suggested plywood. To which I replied, "you want to try?" :angel A few days layer, there was a great stock sitting on my back step.
I had an steel pipe from an old vacuum cleaner in my garage, which meant I now had the following to work with:
I couldn't find the right sized tube anywhere in my garage for the main barrel... then one of my friends suggested an empty caulking tube. Perfect!. I used some PVC piping to cover the old cylinder, a couple of hose clamps to attach the scope, a bunch of hot glue, spray paint and Voila!
I modified the leather strap from a vintage camera I had... perfect sling. I couldn't find any suitable greeblies for the stock, but something fell out of the airgun when I was working with it, so I glued it to the new cylinder:
Not perfect, but a heckuva lot better than the Hasbro Droid Blaster I was thinking of giving to Fett originally! :$
Kind regards,
Magnoli
slave1pilot
Sr Member
Dude.
as a Boba fett purist,
I still say "very well done"
That's better than a whole lot of custom mandos that spent months piecing their costumes together.
you should be proud.
:thumbsup
as a Boba fett purist,
I still say "very well done"
That's better than a whole lot of custom mandos that spent months piecing their costumes together.
you should be proud.
:thumbsup
Darklighter
Sr Member
This is a great budget-boba.:eek Awesome work
cayman shen
Master Member
Just...wow. That gun looks superb.
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